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I'm not a flag waver for obesity. It's not healthy, and you have a crap life because there is such a downer on it.

Jo Brand

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Jo Brand
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 3
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Wandsworth Town
Josephine Grace Brand
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I think people tend to believe that women who are successful are probably neglecting their children, possibly a bit hard-nosed and that they don't really support other women very much - that they're men-haters and ball-breakers. I've certainly been on the receiving end of those 'compliments' for most of my career.
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Let's face it: I am not a professional runner.
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An overweight guy went to the doctor who advised him to try a keep fit DVD. But the guy said he couldn't be bothered. “Well” suggested the doctor, “try something that leaves you a little short of breath.” So the buy took up smoking.
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There's something people do to you when they bully you that makes you feel like you're on your own. But don't keep things inside, it's really damaging if you do.
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I like the purity of stand-up because it is all about whether people laugh at your jokes. Either they laugh or they don't.
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The funny thing is, I don't actually think of myself as fat at all. I don't think I am. Not really.
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When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: Here comes the bride, all fat and wide. Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.
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No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.
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You know it's time for a New Year's resolution to lose weight when you step on a talking scale and it says, One at a time, please.
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The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to be funny. So although I did try to sing properly it obviously has hilarious results when you can't sing.
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Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.
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So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and have more than one expression these days hopefully - which I didn't at the beginning.
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My mum taught me to knit when I was a child, and I turn to it, for some weird reason, when I'm feeling depressed.
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I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad was the local vicar, and so it was expected as her best friend that I would go to church every Sunday with her.
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.
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People can forgive each other.
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There's still this underlying image of women that they should fulfil a certain role. It's no accident that a lot of men who are a bit misogynistic tend to say things like 'get back to the kitchen' or 'why aren't you at home looking after the kids'.
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I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.
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I just don't like travelling very much.
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Wild men are so enormously attractive.
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